Resumo:
The recent Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the important role of scientific communication in
promoting the population's access to up-to-date information on science and technology,
enabling people to make informed decisions on matters related to this topic. This research aimed
to analyze the presence of elements of the Science-Technology-Society (STS) approach in
popularization of science texts (PST) of the Pesquisa FAPESP magazine that addressed the
theme Coronavirus, discussing its potential and limitations for STS education in the context of
the science teaching. The research is qualitative and documental approach. The corpus
consisted of 17 PST, related to the theme Coronavirus, published from 2020 to February 2021
in Pesquisa FAPESP magazine. The PST were analyzed using a priori categories defined in an
instrument for analyzing of STS aspects in TDC. From the results obtained, several elements
of the STS approach were found in the analyzed texts, especially discussions related to the
functioning of science and its role in society. The study allowed us to identify in the TDCs great
potential to work on the Coronavirus theme, within the CTS perspective, in science teaching
